Work From Home (WFH) - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2002
News

HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad

while for Irish alumni to find their way back to the Emerald Isle — most graduates live and work in the United States or England for a few years before returning to their homeland. Barry himself was no exception. Born and raised in Cork,... View Details

19 May 2021
News

Americans Are Booking Working ‘Vacci-cations’ before Office Life Resumes

01 Feb 2023
What Do You Think?

Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?

hybrid—version that gained acceptance (at least for coders) in tech companies like Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems 30 years ago. The pandemic surge in work-from-home has morphed in some organizations into hybrid work strategies that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Apr 2023
What Do You Think?

How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

OK, so they could just as easily have seen a post from Larry Page online if they had still been working after 5 p.m. on a Friday afternoon. Working View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Dec 2021
News

The Big Question: Is the World of Work Forever Changed?

Adjusting to Remote Work During the Coronavirus Crisis

Tsedal Neeley, a professor at Harvard Business School, says that there are simple ways leaders can help their employees stay productive, focused, and psychologically healthy as they work from home during the current global global pandemic. The right... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

School's Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration and an expert on organizational behavior. "Quite simply, without a sense of purpose, we become alienated from our work and find it harder to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

Lynda Clarizio Every woman who works and has a life confronts unique challenges, from finding reliable and caring childcare to making time to nurture the relationship with their spouse or partner to fighting... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

01 Jun 2017
News

Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance

when I travel. It’s simple: I talk to people. For this book, that’s what we did. We drove around Dali—where I come from in southwest China—and spent time with people in their kitchens and at their dinner tables. Those are the places to... View Details

09 Jul 2021
News

Three Ways Employers Can Best Support Caregivers Returning To Work

16 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

wind up just as happy in adulthood as the children of moms who stayed home. Harvard Business School Professor Kathleen McGinn hopes the findings bring a big sigh of relief for guilt-ridden mothers who either have to hold down a job to make ends meet or simply choose to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 May 2021
News

As Peninsula Emerges from Pandemic, What’s Next?

September 28, 2021
Article

12 Questions About Hybrid Work, Answered

By: Tsedal Neeley

As we move into the next phase of the pandemic, companies are grappling with whether and how to bring their employees back into the office after working from home extensively. According to multiple surveys, most people want a mix of in-person and remote work, and some... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Remote Work; Transition; Employees; Job Design and Levels; Organizational Structure

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11 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)

back to work, and I knew right away I wanted more time at home with him. I thought I would fall back into work, but I found that it wasn’t what I wanted. As someone who was used to chasing career goals, it was an unexpected discovery.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Aug 2020
News

Remote work really does mean longer days -- and more meetings

25 May 2016
News

Backing Harvard’s Work for Children

research that will lead directly to breakthrough outcomes in education and health for children living in poverty.” Tichio, who hosted an informational dinner at his Greenwich, Connecticut, home that introduced the center’s activities to... View Details

04 Jun 2008
News

Whistle While You Work

court press,” “Slam dunk,” “Going for the gold, “Hit a home run” your favorite here). It’s a cooptation with a curious side. To me, music and sports convey transcendence: the mind and body at play, freed View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

salary and more concerned about their work contract: "What are you expecting from me?" We had a wonderful session on working in the professional services arena.... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

02 Jan 2018
Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

of life in the home--should be viewed as a miserable chore. I look forward to coming home from work and spending time mindfully cooking fresh foods and ... yes, even mindfully... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March–April 2019
Article

A Recombination-Based Internationalization Model: Evidence from Narayana Health's Journey from India to the Cayman Islands

By: Budhaditya Gupta and Tarun Khanna

Internationalizing firms often find developing host-country resources challenging as they simultaneously attempt to replicate the resources that worked well in their home country and adapt them to fit the context of the host country. On the basis of a longitudinal... View Details

Keywords: Recombination; Internationalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; India; Cayman Islands